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LESSON I.

I. WHO

was Nebuchadnezzar? Dan.

t: I.

When did he besiege Jerusalem ? and what

was the result ? Verses

i; 2.

Who are named as prominent among the cap-

tives carried from Jerusalem to Babylon ? Verse

4..

For what were these persons noted, espe-

cially Daniel? Verse 17.

Upon inquiry, what did the king learn con-

cerning their wisdom ? Verse

20.

What caused trouble and loss of sleep to

.Nebuchadnezzar ? Dan.

2: I.

To whom did he resort for relief? Verse

Could they interpret his dream ? Verse to.

How did their answer affect the king, and

what did he immediately do? Verses

12, 13.

io. Upon learning of the decree, what course

did Daniel pursue? Verses

14-16.

it. Did Daniel understand the interpretation of

the dream when he promised to make it known

unto the king? Verses

17, 18.

12.

How did he get the desired information?'

Verse

19.

13.

What did Daniel then do ? Verse

24.

14.

When Daniel was brought in before the king,

what question was asked him ? Verse

26.

15.

What humble but wise answer did Daniel

make ? Verses

27, 28.

16.

To whom does God reveal secrets? Amos

3: 7-

17.

Was this secret revealed to Daniel because

of his position among the king's counselors ?

Dan.

2:30.

PROPHECY.

LESSON 11.

r. WHO was Daniel ?

2. Where was he in captivity ?

3: For what purpose was he specially called be-

fore the king of Babylon ?

How had the matter the king desired to

know been shown to Daniel ?

What did Daniel say was the subject of the

king's dream ? Dan. 2: 31.

How did this image appear to the king?

Verse 31.

Of what was the head of the image com-

posed ? Verse 32.

What formed his breast and arms ?

What composed the lower part of the body?

to. What material composed its legs and feet?

Verse 33.

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tr. What was the extent of territory covered by

the vision?

Ans.-The

earth. Verse 35.

12.

What great blow did the image receive?

13.

What became of the materials which com-

posed the image? Verse 35.

14.

What became of the stone that smote the

image ?

15.

What did Daniel say the head of gold rep-

resented ? Verses.37, 38.

16.

What was to be the nature of the succeeding

kingdom ? Verse 39.

17.

Who was the last Babylonian king? Dan.

5 : 3o, 31.

18.

Who was Belshazzar?

19.

To whom was Belshazzar's kingdom given ?

Verse 28.

20.

By what symbol is the Medo-Persian Empire

elsewhere represented ? Dan. 8:

20.

21.

What beast was seen to come up against this

ram and overthrow him ? Verses 5-7.

22.

What did the goat represent? Verse 21.

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PROPHECY.

23.

How was this kingdom shown by the image?

Dan. 2 : 39.

24.

What was the nature and character of the

fourth kingdom ? Verse 40.

25.

Where is this kingdom spoken of, and by

what is it known ? Luke

26.

What did the mixture of clay and iron in

the feet and toes indicate? Dan. 2:41.

27.

What is to take place in the days of the di-

vided state of that once universal empire ? Verse 44•

28.

How fully can we rely on the fulfillment of

this prophecy? Verse 45.

NOTE.—Belshazzar, or Belsharussur (Bel protects

the king), was a son of Nabonadius. Nabonadius,

formerly a Chaldean noble, reigned during the last

seventeen years of the Babylonian Empire. By

some it is supposed that Belshazzar is called the

son of Nebuchadnezzar by virtue of being his suc-

cessor; by others, Nabonadius, his father, is supposed

to have married the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar.

This latter supposition would make Nebuchadnezzar

the grandfather of Belshazz ir, •and this is probably

correct. When Cyrus began the siege of Babylon,

Nabonadius advanced to meet him; he was defeated

by Cyrus and retired to Borsippa, leaving Belshaz-

zar, whom he had associated with him on the throne,

in command at Babylon, and sole ruler of the city

when it fell, in 538 B. C. See ".Manual of Ancient

History of the East," by Lenormant, vol. i, pp.

488-490, and " Seven Great Monarchies," vol. 2,

55.

LESSON III..

I. GIVE a description of the great image of

Daniel 2.

What kingdoms are represented by its sev-

eral parts ?

By what is the fourth kingdorh to be suc-

ceeded ?

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When did Daniel have his first vision ? Dan.

7:I.

What was first presented to the prophet in

this vision ? Verse

What was the result of the strife? Verse 3.

What do the winds of symbolic prophecy

represent ? Jer. 25: 31-33; 49:36, 37.

What do symbolic wateFs represent ? Rev.

17: 15.

What did the four beasts of this vision rep-

resent ? Dan. 7: 17.

Io. What was the appearance of the first beast?

Verse 4.

II. What was the nature of the second beast ?

Verse 5.

12.

What was the third beast like ? Verse 6.

13.

Describe the fourth beast ? Verse 7.

14.

Which of the four kingdoms was represented

by the fourth beast? Verse 23. See note.

15.

What was the name of this fourth great em-

pire ?

16.

What is to be the character of this power ?

Verse 23.

17.

How many horns had this fourth beast?

Verse 7.

18.

What did the ten horns denote? Verse 24.

19.

Between what years was this division of the

Roman Empire effected ? Ans.—Between the years

A. D. 351 and A. D.

476.

NOTE.

-It

is clear that, if the four beasts rep-

resent four kingdoms, and the fourth beast stands

for the fourth great kingdom, each of the three

preceding beasts must represent successive king-

doms in the order in which the symbols are given.

Hence the third beast would stand for the third

kingdom, and so on to the first. The first great

empire being Babylon, it was symbolized by the

lion. The second beast, which was like a bear,

must indicate Medo-Persia; and the third, •or leop-

ard-beast, Grecia.

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PROPHECY.

LESSON IV.

I. DESCRIBE

the four beasts of Daniel 7.

What did the fourth beast symbolize ?

What did the ten horns denote?

When was Rome divided into its ten parts?

While the prophet was considering the ten

horns, what did he see coming up among them ?

Dan. 7:8.

How early, then, could the little horn arise ?

Ans.-Not

earlier than

A. D.

476.

What was to be the ,character of the little

horn as compared with the ten ? Verse 24.

What was to be his most prominent work ?

What were the names of the three kingdoms

overthrown by the influence of this power ? See

note A.

to. To what degree of arrogance was this power

to rise ? Dan. 7:25.

it. How has it spoken against God ? Note B.

12.

To what extent has it worn out the saints ?

Note C.

13.

How has it sought to change God's law ?

Note D.

14.

How long

was the Papacy to have power

over the saints, times, and laws ? Dan. .7 : 25.

15.

Where in the New Testament is the same

expression found ? Rev.

12: 14.

16.

In what other words does the prophet speak

of the same period? Verse 6.

17.

What is the rule for reckoning symbolic

.days ? Eze. 4: 3-6; Num. 14:34.

18.

What event marked the close of the period ?

Note E.

19.

In connection with what event was the domin-

ion of the Papacy to be taken away ? Dan. 7:

26.

20.

When did the Pope lose his temporal do-

minion?

Ans.-A.

D. 1870.

See note F.

21.

By what means is the beast to be destroyed ?

Dan. 7:

11.

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22.

What will destroy the Papacy ? 2 Thess. 2:8.

NOTE A.—About

A. D.

476, the time when the

division of the Roman Empire was completed by

the establishment of the ten horns, a pretentious

power was noticed, seeking acknowledgment of

its claims. As early as the beginning of the sixth

century, the bishops of Rome had become power-

ful enough to exert considerable of that influence

at the imperial court, which was erelong to exalt

them to that station where they could command

the kings of the earth. There was only one hin-

drance to their supremacy, the opposition of the

Arian powers to the doctrines of the Catholics, es-

pecially to that of the Trinity. These opposing

powers were rooted up, the Heruli in 493, the Van-

dals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 338. See "Stu-

dent's Gibbon," pp. 309-319.

NOTE B.—The pope calls himself " The Vicar

of Christ." Leo X. blasphemously styled himself,

"The Lion of the tribe of Judah;" Leo XII. al-

lowed himself to be called " The Lord our God,"

and Pope Martin V. called himself, " The most

holy and most happy, who is the arbiter of Heaven

and the Lord of earth, the successor of St.

Peter, the anointed of the Lord, the Master of the

universe," etc. The following is quoted from W.

E. Gladstone, in the " Vatican Council," page

201

as a portion of the infallibility dogma:-:--

"All the faithful of Christ must believe that the

holy apostolic see and the Roman pontiff possess

the primacy over the whole world, and that the

Roman pontiff is the successor of the bleised Peter,

prince of the apostles, and. is true vicar of Christ,

and head of the whole church, and father and

teacher of all Christians."

NOTE C.-A million of Waldenses perished

in France. Nine hundred thousand orthodox

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PROPHECY.

Christians were slain in less than thirty years after

the institution of the order of the Jesuits. The

duke of Alvah put to death, in the Netherlands,

36,000 in the space of a few years. The Inquisi-

tion destroyed by various tortures, 15,000 within

thirty years. These are a few specimens out of the

many which might be quoted from history, of the

work of this power against the saints. For further

evidence, one may read "Buck's Theological Dic-

tionary," article " Persecution," Dowling's "Ro-

manism," Charlotte Elizabeth's " Martyrology,"

" Wars of the Huguenots," etc.

NOTE D.—The Papacy has changed the observ-

ance of the fourth commandment, as far as in its

power, in order to follow its pagan ancestors in

their dedication of a day to the worship of the sun:

In a work called "The Sure Way to Find Out the

True Religion," we read:—

" The keeping holy the Sunday is a thing ab-

solutely necessary to salvation. And yet this is

nowhere laid down in the Bible. On the contrary,

the Bible says, ' Remember the Sabbath-day, to

keep it holy' (Ex. 20: 8), which is Saturday, and

not Sunday." For further evidence, see Catholic

catechisms, also " Plain Talks about the ProteSt-

antism of To-day," page 213.

NOTE E.—In February, 1798, General Berthier

entered Rome at the head of a French army, took

Pope Pius VI. prisoner, and established a republic

in Rome. The pope died in exile the following

year, and for two years there was no pope. See

Chambers' Cyclopedia, article " Pius."

NOTE F.—"In September, 187o, Rome, no

longer supported by the French, who had been de-

feated by the Germans, surrendered to Victor Em-

manuel, and the possession of the pope's dominion

was formally taken, October 2,

1870.—Chambers'

Cyclopedia, article "Italy."

PROPHECY,

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LIESSOINT

I. WHAT three kingdoms were plucked up to

make way for the establishment of the Papacy?

When was the last of these overthrown ?

What was the Papacy to do?

What was it to

think

to do ?

How long was its oppressive work to con-

tinue ?

What symbol is introduced in Rev. 12: ?

See note A.

What other sign was presented to tho

prophet? Verse 3.

For what purpose did the dragon (persecut-

ing power) wait before the woman ? Verse 4.

What became of the child? Verse 5.

to. Who alone must be the child referred to?

Heb. 12:2; 1:3.

it. Who is the dragon ? Rev. 12 : 9. See note B.

. 12. What is the next symbol presented by the

prophet ? Rev. 13:1.

13.

How many elements of previous kingdoms

were included in this beast, as shown by its com-

position? Verse 2.

14.

From whom did this beast receive his power

and authority?

15.

How long was this power to continue ?

Verse 5. See note C.

16.

In that time, what was this beast to do?

Verses 6, 7.

17.

How much of the beast was wounded to

death? Verse 3.

18.

How was this wound to be given ? Verse to.

19.

What power alone has carried on such a

work continuously for 1,26o years, and then been

led into captivity ? See note D.

20.

How many has the Papacy had power to

lead into captivity ? Verse 7.

21.

When and how was the papal ' power

wounded to death? See note E.

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PROPHECY.

NOTE

A.—In symbolic prophecy, a woman rep-

resents a church. Eze. 23:2-4

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; Rev. 17:3-6.

NOTE B.—The original word from which

"dragon" is derived, as used in the Old Testa-

ment, is applied to any savage beast which preys

on other living creatures. See Jer. 14:6; 9 : 1.

It was applied to Pharaoh, because he, like a wild

beast, tried to devour God's people. Eze. 29: 3.

This is the sense in which the word occurs in Rev.

13:I1. While the two-horned beast appears to be

a gentle, lamb-like creature, he has the spirit which

finally causes him to speak and act like a dra

or devouring beast. This symbol, then, has al-

ways fitly represented Satan, who, from the first,

hated the Son of God, and was cast out from his

presence, and who, finding himself shut away from

Christ, persecuted, through his agents, the church,

in all its stages of existence. The Roman power

was his agent, at the opening of the Chrikian era.

Others may do the work of the dragon in succeed- •

ing ages, as it is he who is said to make war with

the

remnant

of the woman's seed.

NOTE C.--Forty-two months are three and one-

half years, or, at thirty days to the month (compare

Gen. • 7 : it and 8: 4, also 8: 3), 1,260 days (years),

being the same as the time, times, and a half of

Dan. 7:25 and Rev. 12:14, 6.

NOTE D. No power but the Papacy has ever

existed which could fulfill the specifications of the

prophecy. Other persecuting powers have ex-

isted, but none of these met the demands of the

symbols used, either in the methods of their work

or the time of their continuance.

NOTE E.—In February, 1798, the French army,

under General Berthier, entered Rome, proclaimed

it a republic, and carried Pope Pius VI. a captive

PROPHECY.

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to France, exhibiting him fron place td place, un-

til he died, in August of the following year.

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I. WHAT befell one of the heads of the leopard

beast ?

What was represented by this head?

When was the Papacy led into captivity?

What was then seen to be coming up ? Rev.

13:11.

What were the special characteristics of this

beast ?

What nation alone, with the gentle appear-

ance mentioned, was coming up in 1798 ?

Ans.—

The United States.

How much power does he exercise? Verse

12, first part.

What power was exercised by the preceding

beast ?

What was the two-horned beast to cause, by

the exercise of his power? Verse 12, last part.

to. How was he to cause this worship ? Verse

14, last part especially.

it. What has been the chief characteristic of the

Papacy? Ans.—A union of Church and State, or

a religious element dominating the civil power, to

further its own ends.

12.

At what time was that union formed which

developed the Papacy? Ans.—During the reign

of Constantine, A. D. 3r2.

-337.

13.

How was that union effected ? 2 Thess.

2 : 3. See also note A.

14.

What was sure to result from such a union ?

Verse 4.

15.

When and by whom was the great Council

of Nice convened ?

Ans.—In

A. D. 325, by the

Emperor Constantine.

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What was one of the principal objects in

calling that council? See note B.

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PROPHECY.

17.

What did the emperor wish to have settled

concerning Easter? Note C.

18.

How was the matter decided? Note D.

19.

Under what authority were the decrees of

the council published? Ans.—Under the author-

ity of the emperor, which gave them a political im-

portance. (Neander's History, vol. 2, p. 133.)

20.

With what power is the two-horned beast

able to invest the image it is to make ? Rev. I 3 : I 5.

21.

What decree is it to make, in order to cause

all to worship the image ? Verses 15-17.

NOTE A.—In the time of Constantine, the bish-

ops of the church became worldly-minded, and, in-

stead of caring for the salvation of their flocks,

were often too much inclined to entangle themselves

in secular. concerns. They held what was called

the theocratical theory, which means that God

directly rules in the nations of the earth. This be-

lief made them quite willing to allow the emperor

to dictate in matters concerning the church, and

the bishops "voluntarily made themselves depend-

ent on him by their disputes, and by their deter-

mination to make use of the power of the State for

the furtherance of their aims."

See

"Neander's

History of the Christian Religion and Church,"

vol. 2, pp. 16 and 132.

NOTE B.—"The question relating to the observ-

ance of Easter, which was agitated in the time of

Anicetus and Polycarp, and afterward in that of

Victor, was still undecided. It was one of the prin-

cipal reasons for convoking the Council of Nice,

being the most important subject to be considered,

after the Arian controversy."—Boyle'

s Historical

View of the Council of Nice, p. 2, ed. 1839.

NOTE C. —" It appears that the churches of

Syria and •Mesopotamia continued to' follow the

custom of the Jews, and celebrated Easter on

the

14th day of the moon, whether falling on Sunday

PROPHECY.

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or not. All the other churches observed that so-

lemnity on Sunday only,

viz.,

those of Rome, Italy,

Africa, Lydia, Egypt, Spain, Gaul, and Britain."

—Boyle' s Council of Nice, fi. 22.

NOTE D.—"Easter day was fixed on Sunday

immediately following the new moon which was

nearest after the vernal equinox."--Boy/e'

s Coun-

cil of Nice, j5. 23.

1_4SSCY.i_N

How was the two-horned beast to use his

power?

What was the nature of the power, as repre-

sented by the preceding beast ?

By what means did that power enforce its

decrees ?

Ans.—The

church used the civil power

for the propagation of its dogmas.

If the two-horned beast makes an image to

the preceding one, then what will it do ?

Ans.—

It will have the church dominate the State, and em-

ploy the civil power to enforce its dogmas.

Is there any prospect of the. United States

doing such a work ?

Ans.—Already

an influential

organization, called the National Reform Associa-

tion,has succeeded in having bills brought before the

National Congress, which, if passed, will secure

that result.

On what theory does this organization base

its work ?

Ans.—"

Every government, by equit-

able laws,. is a government of God; a republic thus

governed is of him, and is as truly and really a

theocracy as the commonwealth of

Israel."—Res-

olution in Cincinnati National Reform Convention.

In view of such belief, what do they propose

to do ? See note A.

What do the National 'Reformers and their

allies, the American Sunday Union, and the

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, especially

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PROPHECY.

demand of the, government ?

Ans.—To

stop all

Sunday trains, discontinue all Sunday papers, and

prohibit all manner of Sunday labor, so that'their

devotions may not be hindered."

9. Why do these people wish to compel others

to keep Sunday? Ans.—Because "he who does

not keep the Sabbath (Sunday) does not worship

God."—Elgin Sunday Convention, November,

1887.

1o. But if one worships by resting on the sev-

enth day, will that be satisfactory to them ? See

note B.

f. Then what is the object of their Sunday

laws ? Ans.—To compel men to worship accord-

ing to their ideas.

12.

If men yield to such legislation, what do they

really worship ? Rev. 13:12.

13.

Whose servants does that make them ?

Rom. 6:16.

14.

What will this power attempt to enforce on all,

to designate them as its servants ? Rev. 13:16, 17.

15.

What decree will it issue against those who

do not yield to its requirements? Verse 15.

16.

What sentiment is advanced by the National

Reformers on this point? See note C.

17.

Will all yield to the demands of this power ?

Rev. 15:2.

18.

To what do they ascribe their deliverance ?

Verse 3.

NOTE A.—" To secure such an amendment to

the Constitution of the United States as shall suit-

ably express our national acknowledgment of Al-

mighty God as the source of all authority in civil'

government; of the Lord Jesus Christ as the ruler,

of nations; and, of his revealed will as of supreme

authority, and thus indicate that this is a Christian

nation, and place all the Christian laws, institutions,

and usages of the government on an undeniably

legal basis in the fundamental law of the land."—

Art. 2 of National Reform Constitution.

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NOTE B.--" Let a man be what he may, Jew,

seventh-day observer, or some other denomina-

tion, or those who do not believe in the Christian

Sabbath--let the law apply to everyone, that there

shall be no public desecration of the first day of

the week, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest for

the nation. They may hold any other day of the

week as sacred, and observe it, but that day which

is the one day in seven for the nation at large, let

that not be publicly desecrated by anyone, by of-

ficer in the government, or by private citizen, high

or low, rich or poor."—Dr.

McAllister, editor

Christian Statesman.

NOTE C.

-At

the Lakeside National Reform

Convention of 1887, one said during the discussion

of the Sunday-law question, " There is a law in

the State of Arkansas enforcing Sunday observance

upon the people, and the result has been that

many good persons have not only been impris-

oned, but have lost their property and their lives."

To this Dr. McAllister replied, " It is better that a

few should suffer than the whole nation should lose

its Sabbath."

LASS4DINT

v iii.

I. WHAT is the object of the Sunday laws now

demanded by the National Reformers and their al-

lies ?

In acceding to their demands, to whom does

one render worship ?

What does God declare such shall receive

from him? Rev. 14: 9, To.

What will be the prominent characteristics

of those who do not receive the mark of the beast ?

Verse 12.

What day does the commandment require

to be observed as a day of rest ? Ex. zo: 8-11.

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PROPHECY.

If those who keep all of God's command-

ments, escape the worship and mark of the beast,

then what position may be safely taken, as regards

the nature of that worship and mark ? See note.

How many are said to worship the beast?

Rev. 13:8.

In connection with the proclamation of the

Third Angel's Message, what did the prophet see?

Rev. 14:14.

What was he to do with the sickle ? Verse

16.

to. What is the reaping or harvest-time else-

where called ? Matt. 13: 39.,

1. What will the faithful to God be called to

pass through before their final deliverance ? Rev.

12: 17.

12.

Where will they finally appear? Rev. 15: 2.

13.

What do they have in their foreheads ?

Rev. 14: I.

14.

How came this 144,000 to have this name in

their foreheads? Rev. 7: 3, 4.

15.

What is said of the song these sing on Mt.

Zion ? Rev. 14: 3.

16.

From whence were they redeemed ? Verse 4.

17.

What is said of their character? Verse 5.

NoTE.—If the Third Angel's Message declares:,

those to be saints who keep the commandments of

God, and denounces unsparingly those who worship

the beast and his image, and hold his mark, it fol-

lows that the worship and mark of the beast are in

opposition to those commandments. Each persecut-

ing power of the past has in some measure been

an idolatrous nation. Even though some of them

may have acknowledged, in words, the God of the

Bible, their worship has embraced those forms

which originated in heathen mythology. It is the

same in the United States. While most of the peo-

ple acknowledge God in words, they persist in

maintaining a day of worship which originated in

the heathen custom of worshiping the sun as a god.